Lindsey Vonn won her first giant slalom since her career-altering 2013 World Championships crash, proving Saturday (against an unaccomplished field) that she’s the world’s best healthy and active skier.
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“She basically flipped over into the net”, Albrecht told the AP in describing how the injury occurred. “She’s in the hospital waiting for the MRI which will probably take a while”.
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The U.S. Ski Team is reserving comment on the incident until the full extent of Shiffrin’s injury is known.
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The 20-year-old won back-to-back slalom races in her home state last month.
One of Sweden’s more popular athletes, Hansdotter finished second behind Shiffrin in the season-long World Cup slalom standings for the last two years.
Eva-Maria Brem of Austria finished second, 0.07 seconds behind, and discipline leader Federica Brignone of Italy was third, 0.35 back.
“I watched playback of that win yesterday evening and I had plenty of confidence coming out of Lake Louise”. “So I really like racing under the lights”.
“The old woman still has some tricks up her sleeve”, the 31-year-old Vonn added. “So I just gave it everything I have and I tried to arc and I’m happy that I was fast”. She celebrated her first-run lead by raising her left pole and pumping her fist.
Vonn’s lead over Brem was a slender three hundredths of a second at the final interval.
Andrew Dampf of the Associated Press reported she was transported to a local hospital to undergo further testing on the injury.
There was also a setback for American Ted Ligety in the men’s giant slalom in Val d’Isere.
Swede Sara Hector’s diagnosis following a dicey recovery that forced her to pull out of the Are GS mid-run and ride in a sled down the hill is less fortunate.
“I was watching some video from that win last night”, Vonn said between runs.
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She then held off her challengers by the narrowest of margins for what was her fourth straight World Cup win this season after taking two downhills and a Super-G at Beaver Creek. Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) did not start after sustaining a pre-race injury.
